Driving to Alaska: Advice for an awesome road trip
What to expect driving the Alaska Highway and the Cassiar Highway Naturally North Idaho is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an…
Category: Life in Alaska
First day of summer longest but not hottest
The warm, sunny days in early May made part of spring feel like summer. Summer technically doesn’t begin until the summer solstice on June 20…
Autumn arrives early in the Arctic
As I walked towards the water-filled gravel pit early one morning last week, a sound filled the air that I hadn’t heard since spring–the honking…
Arctic Tern Egg
Arctic tern eggs are camouflaged extremely well. I spent nearly twenty minutes searching for this egg that I knew was in this area and was…
Transit of Venus
Today I witnessed an incredible event that will not occur again in my lifetime–the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. The next…
Arctic Grown Salad
Tonight the first salad of the summer completely grown above the Arctic Circle graced the table. The vegetables were planted the beginning of May in…
Signs of Spring
The last few days have been filled with signs of spring. The first rain shower of the year allowed the creation of the first rainbow–a…
Twilight encroaching on northern lights
The northern lights danced across the star-studded sky last week but this time twilight was encroaching–even at 2 a.m. Outlines of trees on the northern horizon were…
Life in a Dry Cabin
When was the last time you were thankful you had a flush toilet? A shower in your house? How about running water? Showers, flush toilets,…
Bettles: A small town north of the Arctic Circle
Tis the season of spring migration and as birds return to their northern summering grounds, I return to my summering grounds in Bettles, Alaska. Located…
Snow dominates in Bettles
Snow. Snow. And more snow. Over 100 inches of snow fell in Bettles over the winter and has settled into about four feet of snow.…
Old Bettles Ski
Located downriver about six miles from Bettles is Old Bettles—orginally called Bettles until the new Bettles was built and after that it was referred to as Old…
First day of summer longest but not hottest
The warm, sunny days in early May made part of spring feel like summer. Summer technically doesn’t begin until the summer solstice on June 20…
Autumn arrives early in the Arctic
As I walked towards the water-filled gravel pit early one morning last week, a sound filled the air that I hadn’t heard since spring–the honking…
Arctic Tern Egg
Arctic tern eggs are camouflaged extremely well. I spent nearly twenty minutes searching for this egg that I knew was in this area and was…
Transit of Venus
Today I witnessed an incredible event that will not occur again in my lifetime–the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. The next…
Arctic Grown Salad
Tonight the first salad of the summer completely grown above the Arctic Circle graced the table. The vegetables were planted the beginning of May in…
Signs of Spring
The last few days have been filled with signs of spring. The first rain shower of the year allowed the creation of the first rainbow–a…
Twilight encroaching on northern lights
The northern lights danced across the star-studded sky last week but this time twilight was encroaching–even at 2 a.m. Outlines of trees on the northern horizon were…
Life in a Dry Cabin
When was the last time you were thankful you had a flush toilet? A shower in your house? How about running water? Showers, flush toilets,…
Bettles: A small town north of the Arctic Circle
Tis the season of spring migration and as birds return to their northern summering grounds, I return to my summering grounds in Bettles, Alaska. Located…
Snow dominates in Bettles
Snow. Snow. And more snow. Over 100 inches of snow fell in Bettles over the winter and has settled into about four feet of snow.…
Old Bettles Ski
Located downriver about six miles from Bettles is Old Bettles—orginally called Bettles until the new Bettles was built and after that it was referred to as Old…